Jon;
I used JB Weld epoxy putty with steel dust filler to mount Kadees to my Beyer-Garrett live steamer by Roundhouse. It could be a bit hard to use on the gaps, but can be sanded and shaped once dry. Just a thought.
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Best, David Meashey
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Yes Sean as long as you buy at least 8 feet
i suspect, that you made your posts and beams from different wood, than the diagonal supports.
so probably the softer wood of the supports shrinked more at drying.
look at the left of the pic. those supports, that did not break in the middle, broke loose from the glue.
Yes. I believe that was the problem. Pine crown molding slices shrunk over time. The rest of the structure was Cedar. Where glue joints were week, they joint just popped. Where they were tight, the molding broke.
I’m hopeful that now that 7 years have passed, that the original molding that I still have is done drying out!
Jon,
Would a 3d print work?
And…
Where did you find such a little saw?
Yes, probably. But I have the wood so that will be what I use this time.
Saw - you mean the small hand saw? It was in an Exacto knife kit. Zona makes similar.
If you could use 1/4" (or less) acrylic, I’d be happy to cut them if someone could send me a sample, or a tracing of the part. But it sounds like it’s too late to offer that?
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Thanks Cliff. I have not proceeded beyond cutting and painting a group of new ones. Let me see how that goes before I commit. Doing it with cut corbels / braces would be easiest to replace the entire base structure rather than trying to cut more apart.
If you are coming to Bob’s in July I might just take you up on a set just to have for when the weather finally does this in for good. I can come up with a good straight on white on black photo for the size/outline.
I went with the HY-4070 to fill the gaps. Hard to see in this shot because it goes on clear. It will eventually dry to a cloudy white. I’ll paint over it. I’m not worried about how it looks. Even with the roof off it will be hard to see from above and with the roof off, you’re not looking at this frame, but rather the roof detail. As of tonight. Two new ones (at right front) and re-glued a bunch…
I still need to decide on the two split ones as they will be visible. I may just replace them too.
Weather has been too nice to work inside, but I did get started painting the roof. My plan was to only paint what can be seen from a bit above track level, but the results have changed my mind. In this pic, it’s a little hard to see, but the top two boards and the ends of the rafters have been painted. In person the difference is dramatic, so all the white will get refreshed…
It’s all done now except for some wiring. I’m not sure if the station building will need more than a lighting fix. I’m thinking paint, maybe. Here is the shelter before it goes outside again for the first time in a long time…
I only replaced two braces. The rest were repaired and gaps filled. Everything got a fresh coat of gloss white…
Meanwhile, the track crew has been busy clearing and leveling the site…
More site pics in the Washout thread.
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Today is planting day!
Step one: Grab some power for the lighting. My rails have 12V DC continuous from dusk to dawn. I use rail clamps and ring terminals to connect power. These split jaws only have half of the split side to make attachment easier. It’s pretty obvious I need to paint the track here before the next photo session…
This junction box is not waterproof, but it keeps some of the dirt out of the connectors. the coil of wire is a long Y adapter to power two buildings…
The base has been leveled and ready for finish ballast around…
The welcoming committee is ready to receive the next load of paying customers…
The actual station building needs some clean up before planting. It will probably be ready by Thursday.
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A night shot early this evening…
The station building cleaned up pretty good so I just did a quick touch up of some paint and it should be good to plant tomorrow.
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Jon, what a great balance of lighting to darkness!
What a wonderful vignette!
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Planted the station building and the outhouse today. Still need to paint the track in this area and maybe level the outhouse…
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why? with that slight inclination the door is auto-closing.
remembers me, when i was in ireland for farm-vacations. over half a century ago. the farmer showed me the outhouse and counseled: best go around 11 a.m. then most of the flies are in the kitchen.
hat, coat, door
Hope this isn’t picture overload, but I had some fun snapping shots at dusk and just after dark…
The Station Agent is a twin brother of Loco #3’s engineer. He lost an arm and a leg in a disastrous fall from #3 in the Alcove at York years ago…
After dark…
They all need a locomotive in the shot 
Oops!
Not sure what I was thinking when I set the platform clearance without the roof installed. A test run today confirmed that it was way too close to the track. My mobile clearance gauge (GE 45 Ton) was brought out and found to not clear the canopy with the cab…
Fortunately there was just enough real estate left behind the platform to move it back. This time I checked with the roof in place…
This time it fits
Jon;
That locomotive was Bachmann’s big “OOPS” in large scale. It was modeled on a prototype that featured a standard gauge locomotive on narrow gauge trucks. It caused all kinds of clearance problems it its heyday. I really wish they had released the Witcomb they did for On30 in large scale instead of the 45 tonner.
Best, David Meashey